Improvement in printers  rules



C. REUTER.

Printers Rules.

' N0. 142,512. PatentedSeptemb er'2,1873.

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IMPROVEMENT IN PRINTERS RULES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 142,512, datedSeptember 2, 1873; application filed July 3, 1873.

To all whom "it may concern Be it known that I, CONRAD REUTER, ofCincinnati, county of Hamilton, State of Ohio, have inventedan'Improvement in Printers Rules, of which the following is aspecification:

The object of my invention is to provide a ready and efficient means ofholding securely together two printers leads or rules and the type setbetween them.

In the drawings, Figure I is a face View of type set between the twoleads or rules A A, which are held together by the two separateadjustable metallic clamps or fasteners B B,

Fig. II is a perspective view of the same, with the difference that theleads or rules are curved instead of being straight. The type are alsoremoved.

Fig. III is a perspective view of one of the clamps B.

The adjustable clamps are simply forced over the ends of the leads orrules, and secured there by frictional contact; hence the leads or rulesmay be shortened without impairing the Witnesses: B. STORER, J r.,JEREMIAH F. Twonre.

